Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds

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Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds

Released Aug 9, 2024

1h 14m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Animation

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One day, the adventurous Juliette and her sister Carmen find an enchanted toy and get swept away into the Kingdom of Winds. They are transformed into cats and find themselves in a fantastical new world full of flying divas, technicolor dragons, and other mind-melting creations. When Juliette causes an accident that draws the ire of the local inhabitants, the Mayor gives Juliette to the beautiful songstress Selma and sentences Carmen to marry his son as punishment. The sisters must find a way to escape before the wedding bells ring, but the key to their journey home lies with Sirocco, the mysterious wizard feared for his ferocious storms.

Maya Phillips

New York Times

The film’s many whimsies don’t detract from the resonant themes at the fable’s core, about the transformative qualities of grief and the indelible bond between sisters...

Sep 19, 2024

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Patient and kindhearted, a painted storybook in motion, "Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds" is a lovely glimpse of what animation can be.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 16, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

This is a distinctive and original piece of world-building that, at the same time, pays homage to legendary figures in animation – mainly Hayao Miyazaki.

Jun 13, 2023

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

Chieux offers a dazzling dreamlike excursion whose plot is clearly inspired, at least in part, by...Alice in Wonderland... It is a film aimed at children, but its psychedelic spirit is likely to connect more with adults. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Feb 20, 2025

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

... an animated tale exploring imagination, perception, love, and grief, each aspect delicately handled so that a child of any age can experience SIROCCO and be open to its beautiful message, adorned with surreal art direction and sublime musical scoring.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 7, 2024

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Alex Saveliev

Film Threat

Chieux complements his imaginative, albeit straightforward and age-old narrative, with trippy visuals that are equally suitable for young kids raised on Pixar and adults raised on René Laloux’s Fantastic Planet.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 15, 2024

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Alexander

An absolutely beautiful movie, visually appealing, amazing voice acting and amazing soundtrack, can't wait for DVD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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Ysabella T

enchanting, lovely, heartfelt and genuine. its perfect

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Rosalind

Visually beautiful, and the story is so sweet and sad! Truly unique

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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jesse v

what if the French wanted to make their own studio Ghibli movie, but wanted to show their coloring designs instead of having a thorough story. the third act has no real conclusions.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Dmytro K

An interesting pastiche of Ghibli animation. The story may hold up children, not too complicated and not much moral, bright characters. But what's most striking is the producers' apparent greed. They willingly release and promote their work in a terrorist country, one that continues its violent invasion, mercilessly bombing Ukrainian cities, killing innocent civilians, killing and kidnapping Ukrainian children. By choosing to distribute this film in such a country, they show disregard for the suffering and destruction inflicted on Ukraine daily. It's disheartening to see art used this way. Truly, pecunia non olet - money doesn't stink, even when it's bloodstained!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Sam S

The animation was spectacular. Very imaginative and whimsy. A cross between wizard of oz, adventure time, alice in wonderland etc. I gave this film a lower score because I felt that the film lacked a strong story point and character development.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Benoît Chieux

Director

Loïse Charpentier

Juliette

Maryne Bertieaux

Carmen

Aurélie Konaté

Selma

Pierre Lognay

Sirocco

Laurent Morteau

Le jouet

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One day, the adventurous Juliette and her sister Carmen find an enchanted toy and get swept away into the Kingdom of Winds. They are transformed into cats and find themselves in a fantastical new world full of flying divas, technicolor dragons, and other mind-melting creations. When Juliette causes an accident that draws the ire of the local inhabitants, the Mayor gives Juliette to the beautiful songstress Selma and sentences Carmen to marry his son as punishment. The sisters must find a way to escape before the wedding bells ring, but the key to their journey home lies with Sirocco, the mysterious wizard feared for his ferocious storms.

Director: Benoît Chieux
Producer: Ron Dyens
Screenwriter: Benoît Chieux, Alain Gagnol
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Sacrebleu Productions, Le ciel de Paris, Take Five
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 14m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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